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hurricane noun adversity, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, flood, natural disaster, rain, rain and wind storm, rainstorm, serious calamity, storm, tragedy, upheaval Associated concepts: How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Colorado State University-based Tropical Meteorology Project was even more blunt, lowering its tropical storm forecast to below-average activity for the rest of the season and predicting no tropical cyclone activity in November, "largely due to the rapid emergence of an El Nino event during the latter part of this summer. The Saharan air layer may be yet another piece of the puzzle in advancing our understanding of tropical cyclone genesis and intensity change," says Dunion. Significant improvements in tropical cyclone track forecasts have occurred in recent years, attributable in part to better initial positioning obtained from microwave observations (National Academy of Sciences 2004). |
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